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The Moon on Sunday, April 26, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on April 26, 2020Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 April 2020396,036 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 26, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
396,036 km246,085 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 02:26 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 23, 202002:26
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 30, 202020:38

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Sunday, April 26, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 2020 to the new moon of May 22, 2020, a cycle of 29.63 days.